Category Archives: Airing of Grievances

Happy Hour, Oh How I Miss You

I know, it isn’t May yet but I cannot help myself from diving into IMS and Indy 500 topics a bit early. Why would it matter? I respect that the Indy 500 and all of the history and mythology that … Continue reading

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Vegas Positioning

The loss of Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a thematic one. In a time when indycar racing is scraping by in anonymity and irrelevance, we are running away from a facility that actually wanted to see us run. Add to … Continue reading

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What’s Going on in Indy Lights?

The Firestone Indy Lights Series, the final run of the Mazda Road to Indy, is theoretically the best way to get into the INDYCAR Series. Lights gets to visit many of the same tracks that the larger, more powerful indycars … Continue reading

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I Have A Bad Feeling…

As I type this on Tuesday afternoon, we are all waiting with bated breath for Curt Cavin to tell the masses that there is a lit fire in the bell tower, that a decision has been handed down concerning the … Continue reading

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My Take on Officiating

Although I could say that the hot button issue since Toronto was officiating problems, this is in issue that has haunted the IRL and now INDYCAR since its inception. The original IRL officiating staff was created amid major back to … Continue reading

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Come on… Motegi’s not that Bad

Amid safety and health concerns, earlier this week, INDYCAR announced that they will indeed return to Japan to run round 15 of the championship. The caveat to the news is the race will be staged on the full road course, … Continue reading

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Rookie Orientation and Various Ramblings

Summer has officially started in Indiana. On Wednesday, the temperature crept into the 80s with a fair amount of humidity. Thursday under gorgeous blue skies the rookie orientation practice marked the start of official on track activity for May. Today … Continue reading

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